Crime Statistics for Athersley South, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Athersley South in October 2024. There were a total of 841 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Athersley South, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	232
Shoplifting	136
Criminal Damage Arson	120
Anti Social Behaviour	104
Burglary	44
Vehicle Crime	40
Public Order	36
Other Theft	32
Drugs	32
Other Crime	25
Bicycle Theft	16
Robbery	12
Possession Of Weapons	12
All Crime	841

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Athersley South. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Athersley South

We've taken the ten nearest places to Athersley South and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Athersley South has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Monk Bretton (1.39 miles)	433
Athersley South	419
Carlton (0.88 miles)	276
New Lodge (0.62 miles)	186
Athersley North	164
Royston (1.24 miles)	135
Blacker (1.24 miles)	129
Staincross (1.39 miles)	93
Upper Cudworth (1.86 miles)	90
Mapplewell (1.86 miles)	64

Where are the most violent places near Athersley South?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Athersley South and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Athersley South	232
Monk Bretton	171
Athersley North	82
Carlton	80
New Lodge	59
Royston	41
Blacker	40
Upper Cudworth	35
Staincross	34
Mapplewell	23

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Athersley South?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Athersley South to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Athersley South compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Athersley South and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Athersley South is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Royston	81
5	Monk Bretton	80
6	Stairfoot	79
7	Cudworth	73
8	Old Town	67
9	Darton East	55
10	Dodworth	45
11	Darton West	43

Which road in Athersley South has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Athersley South with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.